Learning to smile...
It seems absurd at first. Why would I smile if I don't feel like it?
But after considering a bit, it actually makes sense to cultivate smiling, and generally being joyful, happy, grateful... regardless of what the circumstances happen to be.
In a way, this is the difference between someone who is living passively, only reacting to what is happening in the external world, and someone who has mastered the art of living, and is actively co-creating one's own reality.
